Junior Forensics Investigator at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)

BRIEF DESCRIPTION

A career in our Investigations and Intelligence practice, within Forensic Accounting services, will provide you with the opportunity to help our clients understand where they might have vulnerabilities and develop solutions to manage the risks involved. We prevent, respond to and remediate a wide range of business threats, risks and complex issues. Our team helps organisations gain clarity and confidence in fraud investigations by offering our clients and their counsel strategic advice and advanced forensic technology. You’ll help to collect and analyse evidence, locate witnesses, conduct interviews, perform computer forensics, and gather intelligence.

DESCRIPTION

• Support and/or lead the team on indicatively the following types of assignments:

  • Investigations of different types (e.g. fraud, financial crime, misconduct)

  • Anti-Bribery & Anti-Corruption Reviews

  • Development of anti-fraud management systems

  • Development of fraud management and Anti-Money Laundering frameworks (structures, policies, procedures)

  • Integrity due diligence and third party reviews

• Deal with sensitive and demanding situations

• Understand customer needs and translate them into opportunities

• Proactively assist in the management of several clients, while reporting to Managers and above

• Manage small teams of junior staff and be responsible for their career development

• Maintain the highest degree of professional standards and strict client confidentiality

• Perform data acquisition, processing and analysis of financial and non-financial data  

• Good use of Data Analytics and technology literacy

• Conducting data and computer forensic investigations 

• Investigate matters relating to economic crime, i.e. allegations of fraud, corruption and/or irregularities

• Assist in the document management of working papers that support analyses performed

• Assist in conducting integrity due diligence reviews using various open source databases

• Synthesize information and draft reports and appendices

• Deliver a high quality product within established timeframes and budgets

• Provide general support to team on a variety of tasks in connection with project execution

• Contribute to new business proposals and proposal development

• Capturing, sorting and electronic manipulation of financial and other data

• Assisting in the compilation of draft forensic reports and appendices

• Assessing and analysing financial and other data

• Recording of findings

• Project administration, including printing, indexing and filing

B.  PERSON PROFILE

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS EXPERIENCE

SKILLS & ATTRIBUTES

• BCom Honours in Forensic Accounting, BCom Honours Accounting, BCom Honours in Information Systems, Bachelor of Science degree with a focus on Computer Science, LLB

• 3-5 years of previous experience on Forensic Assignments

• Good understanding of risks and internal controls

• Accounting/legal background

• Good working knowledge of the following: 

• Microsoft (including Excel, Word, Access and PowerPoint)

• Computer hardware and operating systems

• EnCase v. 7 and other forensic tools (e.g. FTK, IEF, Kali Linux, tools in Kali, etc)

• Mobile device forensic tools (e.g. cellebrite, FTK, etc.)

• Working systematically and logically to resolve problems, to identify causes, relationships and implications

• Building and sustaining relationships

• Being passionate about customer service

• Being curious – learning, sharing and innovating

• Leading and contributing to team success

• Communicating with impact and empathy

• Developing self and others through coaching

• Demonstrating courage and integrity

• Acquiring and applying commercial and technical expertise

• Being open-minded, practical and agile with change

• Strategic thinking

• Logical reasoning

• Analytical ability

• Good judgment skills

• Problem solving

• Excellence orientation

• Drive and enthusiasm